Australian Pavilion in Venice Exhibition Building

Australian Pavilion in Venice building design

The exterior, a black granite envelope, features large operable panels which open up to ‘reveal’ the interior or to provide outlook or natural light. The operable panels also allow for the otherwise solid, singular object to take on a changing character depending on the requirements of a particular exhibition.

RIBA BuildaBetterCampaign 2015

RIBA BuildaBetterCampaign 2015 - London Building

RIBA BuildaBetterCampaign, UK General Election 2015 Manifesto responses – RIBA Build a Better Campaign: General Election Manifesto Responses on architecture

Renzo Piano’s Whitney New York Building

The Significance of Piano’s Whitney, New York Building

The first Piano Whitney column describes what museum goers at the fashionable eight floor of the Piano Whitney see when they look south toward New York harbor and beyond. It would take 15 minutes by boat to reach the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

China Pavilion Expo 2015 in Milan

China Pavilion Expo 2015 in Milan is drawing worldwide appreciation for its design. The Pavilion creates a serene, organic setting for visitors to explore Chinese culture. This is China’s first national expo pavilion outside the country’s borders.

University of Economics & Business Vienna Zaha Hadid

A hunk of concrete cladding weighing an estimated 80 kg fell off the facade of this building by Zaha Hadid Architects in Vienna. This is the second case of pieces of concrete falling off the Library and Learning Center at the Vienna University of Economics and Business since the building opened in 2013.

RIBA Awards 2015

Darwen Vale High School

The Royal Institute of British Architects has revealed the winners of the 2014 RIBA National Awards, the most rigorously-judged awards for architectural excellence. Winning buildings set the standard for good architecture.

Architectural Grafts Images: Vazio Arquitetura

Architectural Grafts by Vazio Arquitetura

Located at Vila del Rey house, “Grafts” is the garden as becoming; as a contradictory process where trees are pierced by an artificial element – a prosthesis – to, as time goes time, incorporate this aggression into their trunk